Silverstone hosted the first ever world championship race in 1950 and despite alternating between Aintree and Brands Hatch initially, it has hosted the event permanently since 1987.

Eight of the current constructors are based within a two-hour drive from the track, making the British Grand Prix the most important race on the calender for the majority of competitors.

The Silverstone race has been won a total of 16 time by a British driver before - most notably three times by Nigel Mansell CBE, who produced one of the great passing manouvers to get past Nelson Pique in 1987.

In build-up to the British Grand Prix, here are all the facts and figures you need to know ahead of the biggest weekend of the year in British motorsport...